This is an analysis of the poem Resurrection that begins with:

Sometimes in morning sunlights by the river
Where in the early fall long grasses wave,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd Xefe ghgh iiii ffffXabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101010 1001011101 110100111110 1110110101 11111100010 1101110111 11111101010 1111010101 10010101100 0111010111 11110101010 01001110101 110111110010 1111010111 10010101010 0111010101 10110101110 11110100111 11010101110 1011010101 111100100010 1000110111 01010111010 1101110101 101100101010 11010101001 101100111110 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.

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  • summary of Resurrection;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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